Sheet-metal receptacle.



M. BRANDENSTEIN.

SHEET METAL RECEPIACLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.27, I916.

1,290,061. Patented Jan. 7,1919.

A $50. A TTORNE Y MANFBED I BBANDENSTEIN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SHEET-METAL RECEPTACLE.

' An object of the invention is to provide an easily opened air tightreceptacle.

Another object of the invention is to provide an easily opened air tightsheet metal receptacle having a friction cover with which the receptaclemay be securely closed after its initial opening.

The invention possesses other advantageous features,,some of which,'withthe foregoing, will be set forth at length in the following description,where I shall outline in full that form of the invention which I haveselected for illustration in the drawing aocompanying and forming partof the present specification. In sald drawing I have shown one specificform of my invention, but it is to be understood that I do not limitmyself to such form, because the invention, as ex ressed in thesucceedin claims, may be emib died in a plurality of orms.

The. drawing is an elevation of the receptacle of my invention, half insection, part thereof being broken away to reduce the size of thefigure.

. The receptacle is adapted to be used for hermetically containin foodproducts and particularly food pro ucts such as coffee, which produce apressure within the receptacle. The receptacle comprises a body portion2 having on its open end an outwardly turned bead 3, which presents asmooth edge at the open end of the can. Seated in the body andpreferably having its upstanding marginal portion 4 in frictionalcontact with the can body is a cover 5, the upstanding marginal portionof which is provided on its edge with an inwardly turned head 6, Theupper portion or neck of the can body and the marginal portion 4 of thecover are parallel to each otherand preferably parallel to the axisofthe body, so that the cover may be held in place by frictionalengagement.

Between the cover and thecan body there Specification of Letters Patent.Application filed September 21, 1916.. Serial No. 122,395.

is arranged a gasket 7 of suitable conformable material and the can bodyis formed to provide a seat for the gasket, preferably by rollin thegroove 8 in the body. When the cover as been pressed into engagementwith the gasket, the beads 3 and 6 preferably occur 1n the samehorizontal plane. The cover is fastened to the can body by a fasteningmember 9 of soft sheet metal, which embraces the beads and which is intight enagement therewith. This fastening memer is rolled or pressedover the beads and when in place is of channel shape and acts to lockthe cover to the can body, and is preferably provided with a tongue'12,by which it may be grasped when it is desired Patented Jan. '1, 1919.

to remove the fastening member. The beads not only obviate any sharpedges, but also form enlargements which are engaged by the fasteningmember and the bead on the friction cover also serves the furtheradvantage of providing a grip whereby the friction cover can be removed.Some 'classes of food products, such as coffee, are not removed entirelyfrom the can when it is first opened and by providing thefriction cover,the coffee remaming in the can may be retained in excellent condition.

I claim:

1. An easily opened air tight receptacle comprising a body portionhaving an upstanding neck provided with an outwardly turned ead at itsupper edge, a cover having an upstanding marginal portion in fric-.

tional contact with said neck and provided with an inwardly turned beadat its upper edge, said beads lying in substantially the .samehorizontal plane and a soft sheet metal fastening member embracing saidbeads.

2. An easily opened air tight receptacle comprising a body portionhaving-an outwardl turned bead at its upper edge and provi ed with aseat for a gasket below said edge, a gasket, a cover engaging saidgasket bodying the body and the other the cover,

said parts being provided on their upper In testimony whereof, I havehereuntoset edges with oppositely turned beads lying in my hand at SanFrancisco, California, this 10 the same horizontal plane and adjacenteach 23rd day of September, 1916,

other and a readily removable sheet metal strip embracing said beads,the edges of said B D BRANDENS-TEIN' strip lyingin the same horizontalplane and In presence of being pressed horizontally toward each i J. B.GARDNER,

other to snugly engage said beads. MARGUERITE S. BRUNER.

